On January 8, Beijing time, the 20th round of the CBA regular season, Guangdong team defeated Jilin team 99-95, and Yi Jianlian continued the recent hot state. In the whole game, Yi Jianlian played 25 minutes, shooting 5 of 10 and scoring 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks in 13 free throws. After this game, Yi Jianlian won 20+ for the third consecutive game, which was the first time he played such a performance after 779 days.
Before the second battle with the Jilin team, Yi Jianlian had broken out on the offensive end continuously. Taking the weak brigade with the Xi team, Yi Jianlian easily got 31 points and 6 rebounds in 20 minutes, and basically gave and demanded on 11 of 16 shots on the offensive end. Facing the Shanxi team, Yi Jianlian's state is equally outstanding. In 26 minutes, Yi Jianlian contributed 23 points and 20 rebounds in 7 of 13 shots, leading the team to avenge Shanxi and ending the opponent's 7-game winning streak, compared with the previous fiasco against Shanxi (15 points and 7 rebounds, 4 in 13 in the sports war), Yi Jianlian's state of mind against Shanxi team improved a lot.
Facing the Jilin team in this battle, Yi Jianlian, who played against the opponent for the second time, was also strictly guarded at the beginning. Last time, the UAE League scored 25 points and 16 rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting, playing his best game of the season at the time, leading Guangdong to a big victory over the opponent to end the losing streak, whether it is an internal attack or an outside long-range shot, Yi Jianlian is almost unstoppable on the offensive end. This time again against the Jilin team, Yi Jianlian was targeted by the opponent, the shot was cut, the catch was unstable, and Yi Jianlian made a series of mistakes at the beginning.
But Yi Jianlian's response came quickly. Against Zhong Cheng, Yi Jianlian made a quick cross-step with the ball to break through the impact of the basket and cause a foul on Jones, who successfully hit two free throws to open the situation. Facing The jilin outside line Cui Jinming, Yi Jianlian did not hesitate, directly turned around and shot to create a foul on the opponent and then went to the free throw line, once again hitting both penalties. With 7 minutes and 50 seconds left in the first quarter, Yi Jianlian completed the sports battle score for the first time, and this time the attack on big brother was even more ferocious. At that time, Yi Jianlian received the ball 45 degrees outside the left side of the three-point line. After the shooting fake action deceived the defender Zhong Cheng, Yi Jianlian quickly broke through along the bottom line. Zhong Cheng, who was passed, destroyed the dribble from behind but did not succeed, and Yi Jianlian faced the unguarded basket directly with a double hanging basket dunk.
Such a strong buckle and scene is also a direct embodiment of the improvement of Yi Jianlian's state. In the first stage of the regular season, Yi Jianlian, who only recovered from a serious injury to the Achilles tendon rupture after a season, did not have many dunks. In the 6 games played, Yi Jianlian had a total of 6 dunks, 3 of which came from the final game and the Beijing team. However, in the second stage, especially in the last three games, the frequency of Yi Jianlian's dunks has increased significantly. Against the Tongxi team, he dunked 4 times. Against Shanxi, he dunked 1 time. This game with the Jilin team, he completed 2 dunks. Such an Easy Jianlian is a more threatening Yi Jianlian, and it is also a more comfortable Yi Jianlian.
Strictly speaking, Yi Jianlian did not play as smoothly as he did when he faced Jilin before, and his state was not as hot as the last two games, but Yi Jianlian adjusted quickly. Gilling made some of his mistakes, but he was always quick to seize the opportunity on the offensive end to create fouls on his opponents. In this way, Yi Jianlian frequently walked to the free throw line again and again, and throughout the game, he won 13 free throws, and all 13 shots were hit. In contrast, the Jilin team only made 18 free throws, and only 13 free throws were hit in the fourth quarter. That is to say, Yi Jianlian single-handedly scored free throws to equal the entire Jilin team. After the frequent obstruction of the attack in the sports war, Yi Jianlian used his experience and sophistication to make up for the slight decline in explosive power, and remained the inner pillar of the Guangdong team on the field.
Affected by age and Achilles tendon rupture, Yi Jianlian, after his comeback this season, is indeed no longer flying like in the past, frequently staging domineering dunks and timely covers. But his scramble is still active, and the power to protect the basket is still huge. In the second quarter, he was re-replaced by Du Feng after just 3 minutes of rest, because the substitute center had been frequently fouled, protected the basket and rebounded in the backcourt, and After Yi Jianlian came on, he grabbed 3 rebounds and made two free throws in 24 seconds, which was the best embodiment of the value of Yi Jianlian. Playing in the third quarter, Yi Jianlian showed full power on the defensive end. Jilin main inner line Zhong Cheng basket single Yi Jianlian, a hook shot was directly fanned by Yi Jianlian big hat. Jilin grabbed the rebound in the front court, Zhong Chengkong cut the ball and crashed into Yi Jianlian to attack again, but he was once again hatped by Yi Jianlian.
This is the best embodiment of Yi Jianlian's personal value. It is also because the state of Yi Jianlian has improved significantly compared with before, and the Guangdong team can withstand the huge difficulties of the internal rotation. In the second stage of the regular season, veteran Su Wei has missed four consecutive games due to injury, the young Zhang Hao has hung up the exemption card due to injury, and Yi Jianlian's substitutes are only Zeng Fanri and rookie Zhang Mingchi, who have performed up and down. In order to make up for the shortage of internal rotation, Yi Jianlian, who averaged only 16.2 minutes per game in the first stage and frequent rotations, soared to 25 minutes per game in the second stage, and it was a game play, and there has been no rotation so far. In the second stage, Yi Jianlian, who averaged 18.3 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, was also the best player in the guangdong team, both of which were the highest in the whole team, and when the Guangdong team needed itself, the scarred Yi Jianlian still gave the team the greatest help. In the whole game, his plus-minus value is as high as +30 and ranks first in the two teams, which shows how much he has helped The Guangdong team.
What is lamentable is that the Guangdong team led by 20 points in the final quarter, but after sending young players, it was constantly narrowed by the Jilin team. When he was only 5 points ahead, Du Feng, who finally couldn't sit still, changed back to the main force one after another, but still made successive mistakes and was almost overtaken by the Jilin team. In the last 9 seconds, Du Feng finally replaced Yi Jianlian, who had long rested, for the sake of safety. If it were not for the Three-PointErn who missed the rebound in the last moment of the Jilin team, Yi Jianlian's outstanding performance in this game would inevitably become useless.
Yi Jianlian obviously needs more rest time, after all, playing Liaoning on January 13 is the game that both he and Guangdong are more eager to play. After the game, Yi Jianlian smiled bitterly and shook his head, which was not difficult to explain his dissatisfaction with his young teammates. As a Guangdong team, young players should indeed cherish the veteran's efforts, because it is really not easy for Yi Jianlian, who is 35 years old and scarred, to be on the field.